URC Unloaded

This week, John Barclay and the lads look back at a fascinating round 17 of the URC and look ahead to the final round of the regular season.

Has anyone seen John Barclay? Shanks and Stevie fly solo this week as they re-cap all of the thrilling action from Round 15 of the URC and give their playoff predictions.

Barclay is AWOL again which leaves Shanks and Fez to round up the best of the action from a cracking round 13 of the URC

This week on URC Unloaded, the three amigos are joined by former Italy out-half Ian McKinley to chat about a glorious week for Italian rugby. Scotland's leading points scorer, Chris Paterson, discusses the fallout of the Zebre loss for Edinburgh as well as previewing this weekend's crunch Calcutta Cup clash.

Did you miss us? We're back after an extended break, (well, Shanks and Stevie are!) On this week's episode, Ospreys boss Mark Jones gives great insight into his coaching career, Stevie rakes over the coals of Ulster's shock home defeat to Zebre & Scarlets continue to impress Shanks.

With Shanks off sunning himself in Dubai, Stevie and John speak to Irish Examiner Rugby correspondent, Simon Lewis, about the fall out from Graham Rowntree's sudden Munster departure. There was three wins for the Welsh regions, Glasgow continue to show Champions form and the blue juggernaut keeps rolling in Leinster.

This week, the lads are joined by Emirates Lions head coach, Ivan van Rooyen, to chat about his side's blistering start to the season and the ultimate challenge that awaits them this weekend, Leinster at the Aviva. Barclay won't back down on his Sharks take in spite of their Glasgow victory and we hear from Nathan Doak, Round 5's Premier Sports Player In Focus.

This week, the lads are joined by Glasgow Warrior's scrum-half-cum-winger Jamie Dobie to discuss his blistering start to the season and his international aspirations. It was a record breaking round 4 to look back on and some tasty ties this weekend to preview.